I need a good contrast color for peach tile in a bathroom?

I am tired of the peach ceramic tile (old and dated, but need to get through another 5 or so years) I looked into painting the tile but it looks like it will be a MAJOR pain and the results probably won't be great. SO, right now, the floor and part of the walls are peach. What wall space I do have (the top half of the room and ceiling) is white with white trim, the shower curtain I made and is a sage green plaid with a tiny hint of peachy salmon running through it (good contrast but getting tired of it.) I also have a sage throw rug. I am looking to totally get rid of the white walls and go with a new color scheme if I can find something that will give the room a whole new look. I can sew so I can make the shower curtain and drapes/curtains. Any good and SERIOUS ideas? I am looking for total change here! TIA!

I need a good contrast color for peach tile in a bathroom?
I would go with chocolate brown. It would make the bathroom nice and warm, and it's a very hip color right now. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, you could consider a deep teal (like the color on mallard ducks), a warm plum purple, or even black.





Best of luck with your project!
Reply:Well, I like hunter green with peach, but you've already used the sage, so I suggest royal blue. It can be a bit much to paint the whole wall a darker color and it makes the room smaller. A wallpaper with peach/blue/white would give you some interest, and you could use the main blue color for a shower curtain and/or towels.





We did a very small half-bath with cream background wallpaper with very small black and brown triangles and black rugs, toilet seat cover and hand towels. We used wood toilet seat and towel racks with a wood medicine cabinet. I turned out very well, and the colors weren't too overpowering.





Wallpaper is a good alternative to paint and bathrooms aren't too big to do it yourself. Have fun!
Reply:chocolate brown, white and less peach stuff
Reply:an olive green or tan
Reply:go to paint store website and look for contrasting colors.
Reply:Blue violet is the complementary color to peach. How about going in that direction. Don't paint the tile, if it is on the floor it may not hold up to general use. you could have a bigger mess on your feet :) Use a soft blue violet color with the white trim. POP! Tie this new vibrant color in with new rug and bathroom accessories and shower curtain. Since you made it see what kind of gorgeous soft violet fabric you can find with a very soft peach almost cream accent fabric.


If violet is too much you could go more toward the chocolate family. Use a warm beige for the wall with White trim and chocolate accessories and baskets. A show curtain with choc and cream. Accent color could be your sage green. Just hints of it here and there.


Good luck!
Reply:well i love green, so my first thought would have been the green accents that you did already. You could choose another shade of green- new curtains and rug could dramatically change the room. Or teal, blue, brown, or purple are other color suggestions.


As for the walls, it is hard to say which color without knowing what shade of peach. I'm assuming if the tiles are old and out-dated it is a bright, in-your-face type of peach. If that is the case, I would definitely stay away from pinks, reds, oranges, and some shades of yellow. I wouldn't go with anything too dark or too soft. Stay with a medium tone. I would also get rid of the white on white. It is too stark and your eyes have nowhere to go but to the other colors in the room.


If you aren't a fan of the peach, do something that will draw your attention away from it. Don't just paint the walls, but design them. If you want something simple and easy, go for texture with either sponge painting or wallpaper. If you want something a little more intense, try a mural or fabric treating (this can get way complicated though). For something not too easy, not too hard, try stenciling a design. (this is my personal favorite).


Here are two ideas:


My cousin wanted a contrast to the 70s hot pink tile in her new apartment. First we painted the walls a matte off white. Then we painted vertical stripes in the same off white but with a glossy finish (the light hits it a different way and offers a unique and subtle flare). We stenciled fleur-di-lies in blues and purples on the matte strips.


My mother has yellow tiles in her bathroom. I stenciled a vertical pattern of flowers using blues, purples, and pinks. I added in green for the leaves and stems. I matched the yellow from the tiles for just the center of some of the flowers.


This way people now look up and away from the tile at something else.
Reply:Paint the walls a light aqua...in the same tone that the peach tiles are in. Hang a white shower curtain and trim it out turquoise ribbon that creates a border on the shower curtain. Turquoise colored rugs. Big white fluffy towels with peach and aqua hand towels and washcloths.
Reply:What about a soft yellow? Maybe a soft teal?





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Reply:I bet the sage green looked nice. I was going to suggest a pale green, but you're probably tired of green. Depending on the size of your bath; a taupe wall with white trim might look good or maybe just a lighter; almost a mint green, again with white trim. I know that Sherwin-Williams carries a line of paint that adds some very muted texture shades to walls which might just pull your attention away from the tile.



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